openstack-manuals/doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute-instance-mgt-tools.xml
Lana Brindley e84da9e7b6 General updates to Compute for style and convention
Editing the nested sections for the compute chapter. Mostly grammar,
    wording, style, convention, etc. This patch includes service groups,
    image management, building blocks, management tools, and nova networking.
    Watch this space for more.

    Partial-Bug: #1251195

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="section_instance-mgmt">
<title>Instance management tools</title>
<para>OpenStack provides command-line, web interface, and API-based
instance management tools. Third-party management tools are also
available, using either the native API or the provided EC2-compatible
API.</para>
<para>The OpenStack <application>python-novaclient</application> package
provides a basic command-line utility, which uses the
<command>nova</command> command. This is available as a native package
for most Linux distributions, or you can install the latest version
using the <application>pip</application> python package installer:</para>
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>pip install python-novaclient</userinput></screen>
<para>For more information about <application>python-novaclient</application>
and other command-line tools, see the <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/index.html">
<citetitle>OpenStack End User Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
</section>